14th Iowa Infantry Monument: Shiloh National Military Park

THIS REGIMENT (SEVEN COMPANIES), HELD THIS POSITION AGAINST REPEATED ATTACKS FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 4 P.M., APRIL 6, 1862.

IN ATTEMPTING TO FOLLOW THE REST OF THE BRIGADE, WHICH WAS BEING WITHDRAWN, IT BECAME HOTLY ENGAGED ABOUT 200 YARDS EAST OF THIS POSITION. REPULSING THIS ATTACK IT CONTINUED TO RETIRE TOWARDS THE HAMBURG ROAD, FIGHTING HEAVILY. REACHING THE CAMP OF THE 32D ILLINOIS INFANTRY IT FOUND ITSELF ENTIRELY SURROUNDED BY THE JUNCTION OF THE CONFEDERATE RIGHT AND LEFT WINGS. IT WAS CAPTURED ABOUT 6 P.M.